Line Cook

About This Role

The Line Cook will accurately and efficiently prepare, portion, cook, and present a variety of hot and/or cold food items for various meal periods, including Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Special/Catered Events. This role is responsible for preparing food for residents in a Senior Living / Healthcare environment, ensuring high standards of sanitation and compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and cooks to order foods that may require short to mid-level preparation time.
• Prepares food in accordance with current applicable federal, state, and corporate standards, guidelines, and regulations.
• Reads food order or receives verbal instructions on food required by patron and prepares and cooks food according to instructions.
• Follows basic recipes and/or product directions for preparing, seasoning, cooking, tasting, carving, and serving soups, meats, vegetables, desserts, and other food products.
• Takes and records temperatures and corrects temperature discrepancies.
• Cleans and sanitizes workstations and equipment and follows all regulatory rules and procedures.
• Assists with set ups, break down and clean up serving lines and other food areas.
• Properly records and labels, with appropriate dates and stores foodstuffs and supplies.
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.
• Attends all allergy and foodborne illness in-service training and applies principles of food safety to food preparation and sanitation practices.

Requirements

• Current Food Handler’s Permit
• State sanitation certificate
• Extensive working knowledge of a kitchen environment and food preparation
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written, English)
• Ability to read and understand written instructions and follow safety practices and recipes unsupervised

Qualifications

• High school diploma
• 3-4 years of related and advanced food service and cooking experience. Experience with basic operation of kitchen equipment and intermediate to advanced knife experience is preferred.

Nice to Have

• Training in Servsafe
• Experience with basic operation of kitchen equipment
• Intermediate to advanced knife experience
• Ability to use basic functions of a computer

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

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